Author Archives: Syndicated Content
English judge blocks $6.6 billion Brazil lawsuit against BHP over burst dam
By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) - A 5.0 billion pound ($6.6 billion) English lawsuit against Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP has been struck out, in a blow to a 200,000-strong Brazilian claimant ...
Nov 09, 2020
Lithuania to support ‘those fighting for freedom’ in Taiwan
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania's new ruling coalition agreed on Monday to commit the incoming government to support "those fighting for freedom" in Taiwan, threatening to hurt the smal...
Nov 09, 2020
New Dutch coronavirus cases fall sharply after lockdown: data
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of new coronavirus cases registered in the Netherlands fell sharply on Monday, continuing a decline that began in early November after entering a second near-lockdown ...
Nov 09, 2020
Biden welcomes Pfizer coronavirus vaccine news, says safety measures still needed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. president-elect Joe Biden greeted Pfizer Inc's experimental COVID-19 vaccine as excellent news on Monday, but warned that widespread vaccination remains months away and Ame...
Nov 09, 2020
Latin America’s children face major education setbacks from COVID-19: UNICEF
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Latin American children have lost four times more days of education from the coronavirus pandemic than students in the rest of the world, a UNICEF report on Monday showed, w...
Nov 09, 2020
Behind Pfizer’s vaccine, an understated husband-and-wife ‘dream team’
By Ludwig Burger and Patricia Weiss FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Positive data on BioNTech and U.S. partner Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine is an unlikely success for the married couple behind the German biote...
Nov 09, 2020
Israel tests passengers from Denmark for new mutated coronavirus
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Monday it would test people arriving from Denmark for a new mutated strain of coronavirus stemming from Danish mink farms, and ask them to self-isolate. The health...
Nov 09, 2020
Biogen plunges 30% after FDA panel votes against Alzheimer’s drug
(Reuters) - Biogen Inc's shares slumped about 30% on Monday as the drugmaker's chances of getting a regulatory approval for its experiment Alzheimer's treatment suffered a blow after a panel of expert...
Nov 09, 2020
UK’s Sunak to set out stall for City of London after Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) - The City of London will remain a competitive global financial centre after Britain's full exit from the European Union because of the country's commitment to open markets and robust...
Nov 09, 2020
Japanese government coronavirus experts to ask for new measures to tackle increasing cases
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese government panel of coronavirus experts will seek new measures to tackle the coronavirus in Japan as infections in the country rise, Kyodo News reported. While Japan's inf...
Nov 09, 2020
